Patriotic Services . . . .

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First, patriotic services serve up nationalism under the guise of patriotism.

Second, patriotic services invariably confound the country with the government of the country—a government so distended, so corrupt, so immoral, so criminal, so wicked, so grotesque, and so malevolent that it serves as the exemplar of H. L. Mencken's statement that "every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."

Third, patriotic services inevitably lead to military idolatry.

And fourth, patriotic services promote a warped view of American exceptionalism that is militaristic, imperialistic, and meddling. American "values" should be imposed on the world, by force if necessary.
-Laurence Vance

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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/07/laurence-m-vance/patriotic-services/